Hacker News: apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=apples_orangesHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:14:50 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "New iMac with M6"]]>..really useful on a Mac. FTFY

]]>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:13:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259709apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259709https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259709<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Here Be Monsters: What Do You Still Need to Know When Agents Do the Work?"]]>Guiding works as long as the agent is neutral or on your side but if it’s secretly an adversary ..

]]>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:12:30 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259690apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259690https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259690<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "AI promised less work. I've never worked more"]]>YMMV but for me it’s the opposite

]]>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:10:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259649apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259649https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259649<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Behind the scenes at the NeXT Computer office"]]>I remember Next only from using their classes in Mac/iOS Development. For example NSString, where NS stands for NextStep.

]]>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:13:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241116apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241116https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241116<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Tell HN: I unknowingly broke the PHP RCE embargo. I am sorry."]]>Oh just imagine if politicians talked like that.. (off topic I know)

]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:34:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206031apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206031https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206031<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"]]>On Mac one can create throwaway iCloud email addresses for such cases, but yeah..

]]>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:59:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50163667apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50163667https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50163667<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "The Tao of Backup"]]>Loss of hard disk is a great way to declutter your system just saying

]]>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:11:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962031apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962031https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962031<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Plunging test scores are a slow-moving catastrophe"]]>Something changed and adjusting is slow

]]>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:43:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49857602apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49857602https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49857602<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash"]]>Why not just ask Google AI or ChatGPT to help with choosing?

]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:31:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754959apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754959https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754959<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Data collected by cars and sold to third parties"]]>Politics should put it on the agenda. It would influence my vote

]]>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:46:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693782apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693782https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693782<![CDATA[Ask HN: MacBook Pro (Max) equivalent Linux laptop?]]>Looking for recommendations :)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683360

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

]]>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:41:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683360apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683360https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683360<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "DeepSeek v4.1 Flash"]]>Marketing, like Volvo cars being safer etc

]]>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:18:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49640783apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49640783https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49640783<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Smartphone LED detects hidden cameras with AI"]]>that would be bad for their reputation

]]>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:07:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520369apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520369https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520369<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Smartphone LED detects hidden cameras with AI"]]>I would assume most Airbnbs have hidden cameras, but that's just a feeling

]]>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:07:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520365apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520365https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520365<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU"]]>The arguments that some put forward against the eu are as educated as the people declaring fiat money a scam back in the Bitcoin hype phase.

While there are reasons not to join, most commenters against it have no clue what they are talking about.

]]>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:04:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489194apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489194https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489194<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "9th Circuit sides with states in Kalshi gambling fight"]]>I see a lot of questions here that can be googled or asked with AI chat. Good question, but I also think, why didn’t that person just find out themselves? It’s so easy..

]]>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:38:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488091apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488091https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488091<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Europe's last regular standard-gauge steam passenger service"]]>I also think there must be more

]]>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:35:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488077apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488077https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488077<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Small, native web tricks worth remembering"]]>please don't hide scrollbars :)

]]>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:40:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386195apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386195https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386195<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things"]]>Yes but investors and users seem to react well to it. Opencode for example gets mentioned more often than Cline even though it’s arguably inferior, openclaw is another example. Just name your stuff openX to win..

]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:30:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49329262apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49329262https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49329262<![CDATA[New comment by apples_oranges in "Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things"]]>Idea: Qwen should change its name to OpenQwen - this would probably 10x their usage. :D

]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:45:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49327978apples_orangeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49327978https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49327978